Introduction
Since 2009, it has been recognized that
Thai society is becoming an aging society,
and by 2025 A.D. about 20% of the total
population will be elderly. This is a drastic
increase within 20 years.1 Elderly care should
be a concern of policy makers and health
officers, providing elderly better care and
living conditions. Several national surveys1-4
found that Thai elderly had various health
problems and risk behaviors, which could
lead to nutritional problems. Anthropometry
provides one means of nutritional assessment
which elderly could do by themselves to
monitor their nutritional and health status.
For example, the body mass index is one
routine assessment in the health service,
but if elderly are humpback, height will be
difficult to measure. Either waist or body fat
may be used as an alternative tool for
anthropometric assessment in the elderly, but
it is not known if these measures have any
relation with health status or not. One of this
study’s objectives is to find out the association
between anthropometric assessment and health
status; another is to find a simple nutritional
tool for the elderly to look after their own
nutritional status.
Materials and Methods
A cross sectional survey was carried
out for the elderly who live in Boung yee
Thoa municipality, Thunyaburi district,
Pathumtanee province, during November 2010
through July 2011. The elderly surveyed were
categorized into three age groups: 60-69 years,
70-79 years, and 80 years and over5. The
Introduction
Since 2009, it has been recognized that
Thai society is becoming an aging society,
and by 2025 A.D. about 20% of the total
population will be elderly. This is a drastic
increase within 20 years.1 Elderly care should
be a concern of policy makers and health
officers, providing elderly better care and
living conditions. Several national surveys1-4
found that Thai elderly had various health
problems and risk behaviors, which could
lead to nutritional problems. Anthropometry
provides one means of nutritional assessment
which elderly could do by themselves to
monitor their nutritional and health status.
For example, the body mass index is one
routine assessment in the health service,
but if elderly are humpback, height will be
difficult to measure. Either waist or body fat
may be used as an alternative tool for
anthropometric assessment in the elderly, but
it is not known if these measures have any
relation with health status or not. One of this
study’s objectives is to find out the association
between anthropometric assessment and health
status; another is to find a simple nutritional
tool for the elderly to look after their own
nutritional status.
Materials and Methods
A cross sectional survey was carried
out for the elderly who live in Boung yee
Thoa municipality, Thunyaburi district,
Pathumtanee province, during November 2010
through July 2011. The elderly surveyed were
categorized into three age groups: 60-69 years,
70-79 years, and 80 years and over5. The
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